ἀλλ' ἦν ἅπαντα τεταγμένα νόμων ἐπιταγαῖς → but all their acts were regulated by prescriptions set forth in laws
jŏcŭlor: āri joculus,
I to jest, joke; only in part. pres.: incondita quaedam joculantes, Liv. 7, 10, 13.—Hence, adv.: jŏcŭlanter, jestingly, jokingly: compellare, Sid. Ep. 1, 2.